EZRA WEISS
Hard Bop / Progressive Big Band / Vocal Jazz / Third Stream / Jazz Related Soundtracks • United States
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A gifted acoustic pianist, composer, bandleader, and arranger, Ezra Weiss has been a perfect example of what jazz critics like to describe as a "Young Lion" -- that is, a young improviser who started out playing straight-ahead jazz rather than fusion, avant-garde jazz, crossover jazz, or electric jazz-funk. The hard bop/post-bop pianist emerged in the '90s, but his influences are people who became well-known in '40s, '50s, or '60s. Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, and Kenny Barron are among the pianists who have affected Weiss' piano playing, and his arranging/bandleading style owes a lot to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. Clearly, Weiss is a huge fan of the classic Blue Note recordings of the '50s and '60s -- he sounds like he lives and breathes classic Blue Note -- and many of the jazzmen who have affected him as a soloist, composer, or arranger have some type of
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